Photo Mess Systeme AG: Metric Cameras for Photogrammetrie

Metric Cameras For Photogrammetry

PMS AG offers the right metric camera for almost all applications. The lenses of digital cameras are typically calibrated on 2 positions.
All analogue cameras have an built in high precision réseau grid plate, the base requirement for precise measurements. All lenses of analogue cameras are calibrated in 2 or more focusing stops.

Digital Metric Cameras

In ELCOVISION 10 digital photos can be used. It makes no difference, whether the photos are scanned or are taken directly as digital images. All known digital-image formats can be used. Digital images have very low deformations; a réseau grid plate for compensation of film or paper deformations is not necessary. For the definition of a photo coordinate system the four photo corners are sufficient. This means: Digital camera do not need to be modified, but can be calibrated and used for measurement as they are.

	Fuji FinePix S2 Pro The high-resolution (12.1 MPixel) digital SLR camera for very high accuracy
	Fuji FinePix S3 Pro The high-resolution (12.1 MPixel) digital SLR camera for very high accuracy
	Fuji FinePix S9500 The low-cost digital reflex camera for medium to high accuracy
	Fuji FinePix 6900 Zoom The low-cost digital reflex camera for medium accuracy

Analogue Metric Cameras

Leica R5 ELCOVISION

The exclusive precision metric reflex camera
Leica R5 ELCOVISION for highest accuracy

Amateur (non-metric) cameras

Up to now normal (amateur or non-metric) photo-cameras were not suitable for high-accuracy photogrammetric applications. Since film negatives can be scanned with high resolution, and are stored on photo-CD, it makes sense to calibrate normal photo-cameras in order to use them for survey applications. Usually, 35mm film negatives are not deformed very much, so that scanned images can be measured with reasonable accuracy. But the user should keep in mind that only medium-accuracy evaluations are possible with calibrated amateur cameras.

The following cameras are not produced any more and are not available therefore any longer. However we archive here their data sheets, so that you can compare these data with the current cameras.

Fuji FinePix S1 Pro

The high-resolution (6 MPixel) digital
SLR camera for high accuracy

Nikon E2

The high-resolution (1.2 MPixel) digital
SLR camera for high accuracy

Olympus 2500 L

2.3 Megapixel low cost digital SLR camera for
medium accuracy

Ricoh KR 10M

The low cost reflex camera Ricoh KR 10M
for medium accuracy

Pentax 67

The medium format reflex camera for
special applications and high accuracy.